Jimmy Carter gave a State of the Union address on Jan. 16, 1981 — just days before the next president, Ronald Reagan, was inaugurated. However, he didn’t deliver the address through a speech, but through a written report that was sent to Congress.

Beck seems to think that this tradition will end as soon as next year, saying that there’s “No way this president gives up a chance to say, ‘And here’s what I’ve accomplished.’”

“Why do I say the president is not going to be — this isn’t going to be the last one? Because the last big, huge progressive president we had was Jimmy Carter. And on Jan. 16, 1981, he gave his last State of the Union,” Beck said. “Everybody else gives that State of the Union to the next president.”

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According to Beck, the Obama administration moved the 2016 State of the Union address back in order to line up President Barack Obama’s next State of the Union in 2017.

“He’s not going to let that last stage, that last chance for him to say something eloquent, uplifting, and stirring, and have the waters recede after he speaks,” Beck said. “He’s going to take that opportunity. You know it.”